UK is failing to meet international obligations on FGM

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The BHRC says the Government is failing to protect victims and Britain is in breach of its obligations under international law

The Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC), the international human rights arm of
the Bar Council, has called on the UK Government to introduce measures to
address the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).

In submissions to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry into FGM, the BHRC
contests that the Government is failing to protect victims and the UK is in
breach of its obligations under international law.

The issue of FGM has received both national and international focus in recent
times. That FGM is an unacceptable dangerous practice, deserving strong
state-level condemnation is largely uncontroversial. The question of what
measures the

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